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Hey guys so i ran out of ICEBLUE citadel paint today and noticed they don sell it any longer. I heard about their new paint but i didnt think they did away with old colors! Anyway i have a few older colors i use frequently and was wondering if anyone knew of a convertion chart that shows which older paint matchs the newer line. Thanks

GW has one but from what I've heard it is not very accurate.

This is what I use. Not sure how accurate it is though.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

Great White wrote:GW has one but from what I've heard it is not very accurate.

+1

I've looked at some of the paints, and it's definitely different. Since they changed companies that manufacture it I'd imagine why. Example: Bleach Bone (or whatever the new fangled name is now) is now more greenish bone. It's got a nice good green, almost fungi look to it imo.

I've noticed on some of the reds and blues that the shade is either a bit lighter, or a bit darker. Never the same ;/.

I usually use Vallejo, but for the few pots I've used of GW (stopped mid 90's with their pots), I'll sadly have to change it up to Reaper I think ;(.

Use the Vallejo version of the paint. Its a great match..

ruff wrote:Use the Vallejo version of the paint. Its a great match..

I try to, but for things like "ard coat, and the 1 or 2 few select colours, I always used the GW ones. Old habits die hard lol.

IceBlue wrote:Hey guys so i ran out of ICEBLUE citadel paint today and noticed they don sell it any longer. I heard about their new paint but i didnt think they did away with old colors! Anyway i have a few older colors i use frequently and was wondering if anyone knew of a convertion chart that shows which older paint matchs the newer line. Thanks

Wait, you're asking about ICEBLUE paint... and your user name is... IceBlue!

Anyway, lol, try this one, from what I hear it's much better than GW's chart;

http://www.evicerator.com/vallejotogwconversiontable.htm

Chaplain Cy wrote:

ruff wrote:Use the Vallejo version of the paint. Its a great match..

I try to, but for things like "ard coat, and the 1 or 2 few select colours, I always used the GW ones. Old habits die hard lol.

I agree with you, but GW did not make it easy for you if you are trying to find a close color match to the old system.

Thanks guys! I'll see how these charts work out

Just note that conversion charts show you close equivalencies. Some colors are better matches than others but you can't tell how close of a match it is by the chart itself.